One of the most popular types of baked goods should be considered cupcakes. It is literally part of modern culture, as the product is glimpsed literally everywhere. From a simple sweet European cupcake, in fact, only the name remains.
For example, in the Bahamas, it is customary to soak fruits and nuts in rum to make cupcakes for the filling.
In Portugal there is a beer cupcake, the main ingredient is beer
. Let’s tell you how to make classic tea party cupcakes
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Ingredients for cupcakes:
- Butter – 170 g;
- Sugar – 170 g;
- Salt – a pinch;
- Vanilla sugar – 1 tsp;
- Eggs – 3 pcs;
- Flour – 240 g;
- Baking powder – ½ tsp;
- Raisins – 150 g.
Preparation of muffins:
Pour boiling water over the raisins and leave for 10 minutes. Grease cupcake molds with melted butter, sprinkle them with flour, shaking off the excess.
For the batter, mix in a bowl with soft butter, classic and vanilla sugar, salt
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Beat the mixture with a mixer for 3-4 minutes, and then introduce the eggs one by one.
Beat the mixture until homogeneous, then sift in the flour and baking powder. Knead a thick dough, into which we pour dried raisins.
Spread the dough into ⅔ cupcake molds.
Bake cupcakes at 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
After cooking let the muffins cool in the molds. According to taste you can prepare muffins with candied fruits and nuts instead of raisins.
